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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

As Stephen Johnson tells us, in his book Where Good Ideas Come From , the openness of standards fosters innovation. . The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the Department of Defense finally had enough. The ADL provided compliance testing, so that content and systems could be validated for interoperability.

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September Newsletter: What’s New with GeT?

Global eTraining

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An explanation of cmi5 in (mostly) plain English

Rustici Software

xAPI came along and was designed to track all kinds of learning activities across different technologies that often sit outside of an LMS, like mobile apps, gaming, simulations, virtual reality and augmented reality. When you want the advanced tracking capabilities that xAPI provides. Source: ADL cmi5 Specification.

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Real (e)Learning Heroes

Clark Quinn

The Department of Defense’s ADL initiative decided upon a version, to move things forward, and thus was born SCORM. And if not, there’s always the ADL to wield the ‘800 lb gorilla’ argument. Other initiatives include xAPI, sponsored by ADL to address gaps in SCORM. Standards are good.

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Getting contextual

Clark Quinn

For the current ADL webinar series on mobile, I gave a presentation on contextualizing mobile in the larger picture of L&D (a natural extension of my most recent books). And we’ve already seen how the accelerometers in fit bracelets can track your activity and put it in context for you.

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What’s the best SCORM compliant LMS to choose in 2020?

Elucidat

If it’s not certified by ADL, which SCORM API elements are supported? ADL is the governing body for SCORM. For an LMS to be SCORM-certified, it needs to have passed ADL’s testing process. and 2004, We’re set up to have callbacks to our servers that makes sure learners’ progress it tracked. Use the online SCORM version.

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What is xAPI?

LearnUpon

While the SCORM standard isn’t going anywhere soon, xAPI has redefined some of the fundamental practices of tracking learning experiences. The SCORM specification was introduced by ADL in 1999. The major difference between xAPI and SCORM content is the type of learning each can track. But what is xAPI? What is xAPI?

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